Intro
- πΈ All software listed here are either free or low-cost
- π₯ Some of the items are OS Agnostic, others are not
- π All of them I’ve been using for at least a few months
- π₯ I try and avoid vendor lock-in where it is realistic
- π Hopefully you’ll like them too
- π Yes, the list gets “lazier” as it goes on
- π― Important stuff at the top
- π― Stew is your friend
- π eGet is nice too
- π© Stuff I really like is flagged
Also feel free to check out π https://stackshare.io/jelloeater
Changes
Install Stew π² (Recommended) https://github.com/marwanhawari/stew/releases
eget marwanhawari/stew
chmod 755 stew
sudo mv stew /usr/local/bin
Install eget https://github.com/zyedidia/eget
curl https://zyedidia.github.io/eget.sh | sh
Install deb-get https://github.com/wimpysworld/deb-get
sudo apt install curl lsb-release wget
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wimpysworld/deb-get/main/deb-get | sudo -E bash -s install deb-get
π§ Tips
If your Git ZSH autocomplete doesn’t with Homebrew on Mac, install the Mac Ports version (which compiles from source) to fix it. https://git-scm.com/downloads/mac
π’ Services
| Category | Name | URL |
|---|---|---|
| π Diary | Diaro | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixelcrater.Diaro |
| π§ Email Forwarding | ForwardEmail | https://forwardemail.net |
| π° RSS Reader | π© Inoreader | https://inoreader.com |
| π Stock Charting | TradingView | https://www.tradingview.com |
| πͺ Crypto Exchange | Coinbase | https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NASDAQ-COIN/ |
| π Read-It-Later | Instapaper | https://instapaper.com |
| π€ AI / LLM | π© Perplexity | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.perplexity.app.android |
| π’ Podcasts | Podurama | https://podurama.com |
| π Post-It-Later | Buffer | https://buffer.com/ |
| π Password Sharing | BitWarden | https://bitwarden.com |
| β Weather | wttr.in | https://github.com/aandrew-me |
| π§ VPN Overlay | ZeroTier | https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne |
| πͺ± Remote File Transfer | Magic Wormhole | https://wormhole.app/ |
| π Network Uptime | HetrixTools | https://hetrixtools.com |
| π Remote Health Monitoring | NetData | https://www.netdata.cloud |
| ποΈ Local Network Monitoring | PRTG | https://www.paessler.com/prtg |
| πΆ Wifi Mapping | Wigle | https://wigle.net/ |
| π Observability Suite | NewRelic | https://newrelic.com |
| π€ Observability Suite (but you’re not paying for it) | DataDog | https://www.datadoghq.com |
π₯ OS Agnostic Apps (GUI)
| Category | Name | URL |
|---|---|---|
| π Browser | Waterfox π¦ | https://www.waterfox.net |
| π§ Email | Thunderbird π¦ | https://www.thunderbird.net |
| π‘ Remote Desktop | NoMachine | https://www.nomachine.com/ |
| π Notebook | π© Obsidian | https://obsidian.md |
| π§ Scratchpad | Heynote | https://github.com/heyman/heynote |
| π To-Do List | From-Scratch | https://github.com/Kilian/fromscratch |
| π Stargazing | Stellarium | https://stellarium.org |
| π Crypto Wallet | BlueWallet | https://bluewallet.io |
| π« Local File Transfer | π© LocalSend | https://localsend.org |
| π€― Push Notifications | Ntfy | https://ntfy.sh/ |
| πΎ File Sync | SyncThing | https://syncthing.net |
| π¬ Matrix Chat | Nheko | https://nheko-reborn.github.io |
| π Password Vault | π© KeepassXC | https://keepassxc.org |
| πͺ Virtualization | VMWare Workstation | https://www.vmware.com/products/desktop-hypervisor |
| π Private Browsing | LibreWolf | https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/browser/linux |
| π¨ Multi Chat | Ferdium | https://github.com/ferdium/ferdium-app |
| β Calculator | π© speedcrunch | https://bitbucket.org/heldercorreia/speedcrunch/ |
| β Calculator (alt) | qalculate | https://qalculate.github.io |
| πΌ Image Preview | qView | https://github.com/jurplel/qView |
| πΆ Music Player | audacious | https://github.com/audacious-media-player/audacious |
πΏ OS Agnostic Apps (CLI)
| Category | Name | URL |
|---|---|---|
| π½ Terminal | π© Wezterm | https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm |
| π Binary Package (Homebrew) | π© Stew | https://github.com/marwanhawari/stew |
| π Safer RM/del | π© gTrash | https://github.com/umlx5h/gtrash |
| π File Content Search | π© RipGrepAll | https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all |
| π File Pager | π© moar | https://github.com/walles/moar |
| π Shell | OMZSH | https://ohmyz.sh |
| π’ Shell History | Atuin | https://atuin.sh |
| πͺ Shell Theme | p10k | https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k |
| π€ΉββοΈ Multiplexer (tmux) | Byobu | https://www.byobu.org/ |
| π₯£ Serial Device Tool | Tio | https://github.com/tio/tio |
| π File Name Search | π© fd | https://github.com/sharkdp/fd |
| π Dot Files | YADM | https://yadm.io |
| π€ GPT/LLM CLI | tgpt | https://github.com/aandrew-me/tgpt |
β Time Tracking
| Category | Name | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Desktop | Tockler | https://github.com/MayGo/tockler |
| Web | StayFree | https://stayfreeapps.com |
| IDE | WakaTime | https://wakatime.com |
| Android | FocusMeter | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.zeitic.focusmeter |
| Android | Block | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wverlaek.block |
π€ Dev Tools
π Frameworks
| Category | Name | Language | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Static Sites | hugo π© | Go | https://gohugo.io/ |
| API Server | FastAPI | Python | https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/ |
| Packaging | UV | Python | https://docs.astral.sh/uv/ |
| Linter | Ruff | Python | https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/ |
| CLI | Typer | Python | https://typer.tiangolo.com/ |
π§ Linux
| Category | Name | URL |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Ubuntu | https://ubuntu.com |
| DE | MATE | https://mate-desktop.org |
| Drop Down Terminal | Guake | http://guake.org |
| Scratch Pad | π© Boop | https://github.com/zoeyfyi/Boop-GTK |
| App Launcher | π© uLauncher | https://ulauncher.io |
| Clipboard Manager | CopyQ | https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ |
| Screen Shot | Flameshot | https://flameshot.org |
| TimeZone Clock | MATE Menu Bar | date +’%H:%M U’ -u |
| TimeZone Calculator | TZ | https://github.com/oz/tz |
π OSX
| Category | Name | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Drop Down Terminal | iTerm2 | https://iterm2.com |
| App Launcher | π© Raycast | https://www.raycast.com |
| Scratch Pad | π© Boop | https://github.com/IvanMathy/Boop |
| Window Snapping | Rectangle | https://rectangleapp.com |
| Meeting Reminder | MeetingBar | https://meetingbar.app |
| Clipboard Manager | Maccy | https://maccy.app |
| Screen Shot | Shottr | https://shottr.cc |
| Time Zone Clock | Clocker | https://github.com/n0shake/clocker |
| RDP Client | Royal TS | https://royalapps.com/ts/mac/features |
| Alt-Tab | Alt-Tab-OSX | https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app |
| Re-map Keys | Karabiner | https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org |
| Mouse Acceleration | LinearMouse | https://github.com/linearmouse/linearmouse |
β WearOS
| Category | Name | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Watch Face | π© Sectograph Day & Time planner | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=prox.lab.calclock |
| Business Card | Biz-Card | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sasyabook.businesscardapp |
| QR Codes | MyQR | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rayadams.myqr |
| Reward Cards | StoCard | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.stocard.stocard |
| World Clock | World Clock Tile | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gay.depau.worldclocktile |
| Sleep Tracking | Sleep as Android | https://sleep.urbandroid.org |
| Heart Rate Monitor | Heart Rate Plus | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dungelin.heartrate |
| Workout Tracker | GymRun | https://www.gymrun.app/ |
π€ Android
π€ Android Root
| Category | Name | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Sudo | Magisk | https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk |
| Cleaner | SD Maid | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.sdm |
| Backup | SwiftBackup | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.swiftapps.swiftbackup |
| Battery Saver | Buoy | https://github.com/tytydraco/Buoy |
| Doze | Naptime | https://naptime.en.uptodown.com/android |
βοΈπ§ JetBrains Plugins
π§βπ» VS Code Extensions
π£ Obsidian
π¦ Firefox
| Name | Version | ID |
|---|---|---|
| Add-ons Search Detection | 2.0.0 | addons-search-detection@mozilla.com |
| Addon Store Compatibility | 1.0.0 | addonstores@waterfox.net |
| AI Grammar Checker & Paraphraser β LanguageTool | 8.14.3 | languagetool-webextension@languagetool.org |
| Auto Tab Discard | 0.6.7 | {c2c003ee-bd69-42a2-b0e9-6f34222cb046} |
| Awesome RSS | 1.3.6resigned1 | {97d566da-42c5-4ef4-a03b-5a2e5f7cbcb2} |
| BetterTTV | 7.6.10 | firefox@betterttv.net |
| Bing | 1.3 | bing@search.waterfox.net |
| Black Menu for Googleβ’ | 25.50.0 | black-menu-for-google@carlosjeurissen.com |
| Buffer | 6.0.10 | jid1-zUyU7TGKwejAyA@jetpack |
| Chrome Mask | 4.3.0 | chrome-mask@overengineer.dev |
| Dark Reader | 4.9.99 | addon@darkreader.org |
| DeArrow | 1.10.2 | deArrow@ajay.app |
| Decentraleyes | 3.0.0 | jid1-BoFifL9Vbdl2zQ@jetpack |
| Don’t Fuck With Paste | 2.7 | DontFuckWithPaste@raim.ist |
| DuckDuckGo | 1.1 | ddg@search.waterfox.net |
| Easy Screenshot | 3.109 | easyscreenshot@mozillaonline.com |
| Ecosia | 1.1 | ecosia@search.waterfox.net |
| Fakespot Fake Amazon Reviews and eBay Sellers | 1.5.1 | {44df5123-f715-9146-bfaa-c6e8d4461d44} |
| Firefox Multi-Account Containers | 8.2.0 | @testpilot-containers |
| Gemini next to Google results | 2.5.2 | {7c0954b8-e548-44b8-93a5-d6bf0d07b26b} |
| 1.2 | google@search.waterfox.net | |
| I don’t care about cookies | 3.5.0 | jid1-KKzOGWgsW3Ao4Q@jetpack |
| Inoreader: Read-later and RSS extension | 6.0.1 | inodhwnfgtr463428675drebcs@jetpack |
| Instapaper | 3.1.3 | {d0210f13-a970-4f1e-8322-0f76ec80adde} |
| Keepa - Amazon Price Tracker | 4.19 | amptra@keepa.com |
| KeePassXC-Browser | 1.9.6 | keepassxc-browser@keepassxc.org |
| Le Git Graph - Commits Graph for GitHub | 1.3.3 | {fd903445-e572-42dd-90be-ae63dd5840ea} |
| Mastodon β Simplified Federation! | 2.2 | mastodon-auto-remote-follow@rugk.github.io |
| minimal | 1.0.2 | {80699c7e-6ff6-440b-9ab4-dd6337651e9d} |
| Mojeek | 1.0 | mojeek@search.waterfox.net |
| Offline QR Code Generator | 1.9 | offline-qr-code@rugk.github.io |
| Open Graph Preview | 1.0.4 | {6e262423-d612-4f29-be6e-e83aa641645d} |
| Qwant | 1.1 | qwant@search.waterfox.net |
| SkyLink - Bluesky DID Detector | 1.4.2 | jesse@adhdjesse.com |
| SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships | 5.11.5 | sponsorBlocker@ajay.app |
| Startpage | 1.0 | startpage@search.waterfox.net |
| StreetPass for Mastodon | 2024.1 | streetpass@streetpass.social |
| Tab Stash | 3.1.1 | tab-stash@condordes.net |
| Tabs Sidebar | 1.0.3 | sidebar@waterfox.net |
| uBlock Origin | 1.62.0 | uBlock0@raymondhill.net |
| Varia Integrator | 1.2 | giantpinkrobots@protonmail.com |
| VT4Browsers | 4.0.9 | info@virustotal.com |
| webhint | 2.4.17 | {e748cb59-4901-4bea-b74a-1d8dab98e3c7} |
| Yahoo! | 1.0 | yahoo@search.waterfox.net |
| System theme β auto | 1.3 | default-theme@mozilla.org |